We are a ranch, after all.
Here we will introduce our breeders, feeders, and for sale critters. Everyone was being raised on pasture/free range, but then we lost over 50 birds in a single day attack. So now the birds are confined for their safety and my sanity. The goats and pigs are still on pasture. The cattle will, of course, be on pasture. The rabbits, when they arrive, will be confined but hopefully in a colony setting as currently planned.
Birds
Turkeys
Our breeding pen of heritage turkeys was wiped out in a large cat attack in Jan 2024. We will be purchasing new birds in spring 2024.
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Peafowl
Currently we have 2 males and 3 females.
The males are:
Goofus – an India blue, dark pied, white eye
Doofus – a purple
Girls are:
Cameo
Black shoulder
Spaulding
CONTACT US if you would like to get on the waiting list for eggs or chicks.
Chickens
I started with a large-ish group of Astralorp hens with a barnyard mix rooster. After a very unhappy and unexpected loss of over 50 birds, including all of my chicks hatched at the time, I have added in some new breeds while keeping my remaining Astralorp hens and my Bielefelder rooster, and moving all birds from free range to confined in large runs. Added breeds include Transylvanian Naked Necks, Bresse, Ayam Cemani, Americauna, Isbars, Cream Legbar, White legbar, Cochin, Oshamo crosses, olive eggers, easter eggers, and crosses of the above.
PIGS
I have been over the moon happy with my heritage breed pigs. Pete is a 1000 pound Duroc boar. Mamma is a Large Black weighing in the 700 pound range. Trebuchet is one of their offspring I kept back and at a year of age she is rather difficult to tell apart from her mom. So these lines grow fast with the way we raise them! We also have Pumba, the pot belly that surprised us with a litter by Pete, and from that we kept back Ballista, just to see what she grows into. We added in a pure bred swallow bellied Mangalitsa boar and can hardly wait to see how he improves our bloodlines.
They are on unlimited spent grains, unlimited pasture, garden clippings and produce, and a balancer ration. We will be looking to add more breeders to our herd as we can’t keep pigs in stock for those that want to purchase them. CONTACT US to get on the waiting list for pigs to raise.
GOATS
Our goats are the backbone of our ranch. They provide milk and meat, weed control, and comic relief.
Claire
Bronaugh
Lyanna
Lysa
Nymeria
Val
Visenya
Irri
Olenna
Clyde
Appie
Cream
No Name
Meera
Sandor
Jiovani
No Nuts
Farquat